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Carrot Patch Dirt Pudding Cups

Modified: Oct 22, 2024 · Published: Mar 30, 2015 by Dannyelle Nicolle-Ramjist · This post may contain affiliate links · 1 Comment

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Carrot Patch Dirt Pudding Cups with Sugar Cookie Shovel Spoons: a cute and easy Easter or spring snack with candy carrots and dirt pudding.

Dirt pudding with carrot candy and sugar cookie spoon.
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Today I’m sharing the perfect fun, and easy Easter treat for you and your family this weekend. We made an adorable carrot patch dessert with easy dirt pudding, candy carrots, and sugar cookie shovels.  This dessert is perfect for any spring gathering, or Easter.  This sweet treat would also be so cute for a bunny or Peter Rabbit themed baby shower, or birthday party.  It's quick and easy to make with simple ingredients.

Sugar Cookie Shovels

To make the Carrot Patch Pudding Cups and Sugar Cookie Shovels, I started out by making the sweet little shovels.  I bought a sugar cookie mix, and prepared it according to the package directions as a little short cut to make this dessert quick and easy.  Look for sugar cookie mix in the baking aisle at the grocery store.  Or use prepared sugar cookie dough from the refrigerated section.  If you want to make your sugar cookie dough from scratch, find our favourite sugar recipe here.  

I rolled the sugar cookie dough out and baked it it on a large baking sheet, and then cut out the shovel shapes while the dough was still warm from the oven.  I made a simple template out of cardboard, since I didn’t have a shovel cookie cutter, and used a small knife to cut out the shapes, and worked perfectly.  Do make sure you cut out your shovel shapes while the cookie dough is still hot and pliable.

Sugar Cookie Shovel Spoons garden cookies

Chocolate Pudding Dirt

While the cookies were cooling, my little girls and I worked on the pudding.  We used chocolate pudding cups, but you could also use some instant chocolate pudding if you prefer.  We made the cookie “dirt” from Oreo cookies and Honey Maid Chocolate Grahams.  Just put a few of the oreos and the chocolate cookies into a mortar and pestle, and crushed them into crumbs.  Or you could put the cookies into a ziplock bag and crush them into cookie crumbs with a rolling pin.

dirt pudding

Then sprinkle the crushed cookies over the chocolate pudding.  Easy peasy, and so, so yummy.

making chocolate pudding dirt

Candy Carrots

Next, we made the fun little candy carrots.  We used orange coloured candies for the carrots, and cut off a small piece of the very top to make a sticky base to put our candy carrot tops, strips of green candy.  Make sure to put the cut sides of both the orange and green candies together for the best stick.

candy Carrots

Once your candy carrots are all assembled, just tuck them into your pudding “dirt” to create your own little carrot patch just in time for Easter.

The cooled cookie shovels are a great addition to your little garden, and a great way to enjoy your pudding.

Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature and add them to the pudding cups right before serving.  Store the dirt pudding cups in the refrigerator.

Carrot Patch Pudding cups with Sugar Cookie Shovel Spoons

These little Easter treats are such a great addition to an Easter dessert table.  The candy carrots and cookie shovels are such cute ideas for elevating this dirt pudding and turning them into fancy desserts.  These carrot patch dirt cups are such a fun treat and easy to make.  They're perfect for wishing your guests a happy spring now that warmer weather is upon us.  This simple Easter dessert is sure to become a favorite recipe, that you'll want to make very spring.

Recipe

Dirt pudding with carrot candy and sugar cookie spoon.

Carrot Patch Dirt Pudding Cups

Chocolate dirt pudding with carrot candies and a sugar cookie "shovel" spoon.
5 from 1 vote
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Course: Desserts
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 Pudding Cups
Calories: 790kcal
Author: Dannyelle Nicolle-Ramjist

Ingredients

  • 4 chocolate pudding cups or 1 pkg instant chocolate pudding
  • 4 oreo cookies
  • 4 chocolate graham crackers
  • 12 orange candies
  • 4 pieces of green candy strips
  • I cup sugar cookie dough

Instructions

  • Make chocolate pudding according to package instructions, and place in 4 individual dessert serving cups, or open 4 pudding cups.
  • Crush the oreo cookies and chocolate graham crackers into cookie crumbs with a mortar and pestle or in a ziplock bag with a rolling pin.
  • Sprinkle the pudding mixture with the cookie and oreo crumbs.
  • To make the sugar cookie shovels use a sugar cookie mix, refrigerated sugar cookie dough, or your favourite recipe. Roll out the sugar cookie dough to ¼ inch thick, and bake one large sugar cookie on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet, according to the recipe or package instructions.
  • As soon as the cookie is removed from the oven and still hot, use a sharp knife to cut out a small shovel shaped cookie. Let cool on a wire rack.
  • To make the candy carrots, cut off the top of an orange candy, and cut the green strips into small pieces. Stick the two cut sticky sides of the candies together to create candy carrots. Add two or three candy carrots to each oreo dirt pudding cup, and add a cookie shovel.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 790kcal | Carbohydrates: 145g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 594mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 89g
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Carrot Patch Pudding cups

With a yummy Easter treat like this, life really is a party!

More Easter and Spring Recipe Inspiration

You might also like our Chocolate Mousse Easter Eggs here.

Chocolate Mousse Easter Eggs -Easy Chocolate Mousse Recipe: the perfect Easter dessert, chocolate mousse piped into hollow chocolate Easter eggs.

Also check out our Chocolate Nest Cookies here.

No Bake Chocolate Coconut Oatmeal Nest Cookies: An easy no-bake cookie, perfect for Easter, made to resemble little nests and full of Easter eggs.

You might also enjoy our Bunny Bait Easter Trail Mix here.

Bunny Bait Easter Trail Mix -trail mix, with some fun Easter additions like graham cracker bunnies, and Easter eggs, also a free printable Bunny Bait label.

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  1. Dannyelle Nicolle-Ramjist says

    February 14, 2025 at 10:30 am

    5 stars
    These are such a fun dessert that kids will love!

5 from 1 vote

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